In 1996 and then in 2003 new flags were thought for Angola, but none of the projects came through. In fact, the current flag is primarily influenced by the one of the political party, to which they only added the cog-wheel and the katana. The yellow represents the country’s mineral wealth. The star represents socialism, and the cog-wheel and the katana represent the national industry and agriculture.

Those are communist symbols that reflect the ideological influence of the main political party in Angola, MPLA, which in 1975 was affiliated with the Soviet Union. In the center, there are three yellow elements: a five-point star, slightly small, encircled by a part of a cog-wheel and a katana. The first represents the blood shed during the war for independence, and the latter represents the African continent as a whole and the black people. It’s split evenly into two horizontal areas: top red and bottom black. The flag of Angola was adopted in 1975, after the country’s independence. Red symbolizes the blood against the colonizers black symbolizes the African continent yellow symbolizes the natural resources. Meaning of the flag of Angola: One star represents international solidarity and development machete represents the farmers, the agriculture process, and armed fight cog wheel represents the workers and the industrial process. This has been the national flag since the country’s independence in 1962 and was inspired by the flag of FLN (National Liberation Front), the movement that fought the French presence in Algeria and that still is the leading political party in the country. The red of the Crescent Moon and the star stand for the blood the Algerians shed while fighting against the European invaders. In the 19th-century, a white flag was already the symbol used by Abd al-Qadir, who was an Algerian turned national hero when he resisted the French. Green is a natural choice, for it’s the color of Islam, and white represents purity. In the center, there is a Crescent Moon around a five-point star, both in red. The flag of Algeria is divided into two areas: green on the left and white on the right. The green on the Algerian flag also symbolizes the state religion of Islam. White symbolizes peace and honesty green symbolizes the beauty of nature, hope, and joy red symbolizes the blood of those killed fighting for independence in the Algerian War (1954 to 1962). Meaning of the flag of Algeria: The red star and the crescent represent the religion, Islam. You cannot use text or image without permission.Īfrica National Flags Flag of Algeria Flag of Algeria On this page, I list all flags of Africa with their meaning and color explanation.Ĭopyright: I own the copyright usage of these images. African flags vary on color, shape, and meaning. Each flag color has a meaning in the history of each nation. The flags represent the national identity of each country in Africa. States not recognized, partially recognized or disputed.

The fable and romance of a noble White South took hold and was allowed to flourish. Consider, in contrast, what happened in the United States after its Civil War: Reconstruction lasted little more than a decade. Dissidents still exist today, but they are imprisoned quickly and harshly. The regime effectively destroyed any possibility of resistance, suppressed the public memory of South Vietnam, destroyed its monuments and silenced most of its opposition. Hundreds of thousands fled persecution by boat, and many lost their lives at sea. Unknown numbers died in the regime’s reeducation camps. In the years after its triumph, the regime imprisoned tens of thousands of its former enemies, from generals and judges to enlisted men and priests. The Vietnamese communist regime took that threat seriously. For decades, many in the community harbored the belief that they would one day return to Vietnam to topple the communist regime, first through military struggle and then, as the veterans aged, through political struggle.

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